Recovery Act Funds - Habitat Enhancement, Restoration and Improvement.
Inactive
- Assistance listing
- 15.656
- Agency
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Fish and Wildlife Service
Department of the Interior
- Grant awards
- 234 $13,325,947 in federal obligations
Program facts
- Assistance types
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- Cooperative Agreement
- Project Grant
Program details come from SAM.gov Assistance Listings. Updated . Grant award figures come from USAspending.gov.
About this program
The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service funded habitat enhancement, restoration, and improvement projects through CFDA 15.656 (Recovery Act Funds), with the most recent grant award in September 2015. The program is no longer active for new applications; no grant opportunities have been posted since July 2015, and no awards have been made in the past eleven years.
Over its active period (2009–2015), the program awarded 234 grants totaling $13.3 million in federal obligations, with an additional $1.2 million in non-federal cost-share, for a combined $14.5 million obligated total. Award volume peaked in 2014 and 2015, when six and ten awards respectively were made; prior years averaged one award annually. The program operated predominantly through Cooperative Agreements, which accounted for 88 percent of awards, with Project Grants comprising the remaining 12 percent.
The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service held 222 of 234 awards ($12.4 million federal), with regional offices accounting for the balance: Region 1 (3 awards, $437 thousand), Region 8 (7 awards, $403 thousand), Region 2 (1 award, $7 thousand), and Region 9 Headquarters (1 award, $51 thousand).
The program funded species-specific habitat work and research. Representative recent awards included Pacific Pocket Mouse Captive Breeding ($185,973, September 2015), Butterfly Research and Captive Rearing ($335 thousand, October 2014), and Captive Breeding and Translocation of Amargosa Vole ($40,999, September 2015). Projects also supported surveys, invasive species removal, wetland restoration, riparian corridor restoration, fish passage improvement, and compliance monitoring for endangered species including Santa Ana suckers, Laguna Mountains skippers, and least Bell's vireos.
The most recent posted opportunities (July 2015) were single-source notices of intent to award, predominantly to universities and research institutions, and explicitly stated no competition was expected. These solicitations covered Pacific pocket mouse propagation, Amargosa vole breeding and translocation, desert pupfish habitat refuges, and Santa Ana sucker research.
Objective and description
- Objective
To provide technical and financial assistance to identify, protect, conserve, manage, enhance or restore habitat or species on both public and proviate lands.
Grant opportunities
Grant awards
Latest 10 of 234 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
Top recipients by federal obligations
| Rank | Recipient | Federal obligations | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | City Of Easthampton | $577,570 | 4% |
| 2 | Zoological Society Of San Diego | $569,293 | 4% |
| 3 | Dudek | $119,500 | 1% |
| 4 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University | $92,920 | 1% |
| 5 | Riverside-Corona Resource Conservation District | $63,504 | <1% |
| 6 | California Department Of Fish & Wildlife | $50,670 | <1% |
| 7 | University Of California, Davis | $40,999 | <1% |
| 8 | Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority | $37,000 | <1% |
| 9 | San Francisco Estuary Institute | $30,000 | <1% |
| 10 | Girl Scouts Of Western Ohio | $27,700 | <1% |
10 of 24 recipients listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
Federal obligations by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Federal obligations |
|---|---|
| FY2021 | -$32,610 |
| FY2020 | -$15,827 |
| FY2019 | -$32,844 |
| FY2018 | -$17,840 |
| FY2017 | -$1,871 |
| FY2016 | $649,979 |
| FY2015 | $942,151 |
| FY2014 | $459,924 |
| FY2013 | $571,622 |
| FY2012 | -$69,464 |
| FY2010 | $7,493,673 |
| FY2009 | $4,412,054 |
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Quick answers
What is Assistance Listing 15.656?
Assistance Listing 15.656 is Recovery Act Funds - Habitat Enhancement, Restoration and Improvement., a federal grant program run by Fish and Wildlife Service (Department of the Interior). It is inactive.
What is the CFDA number for Recovery Act Funds - Habitat Enhancement, Restoration and Improvement.?
Its CFDA number is 15.656: Assistance Listing numbers were called CFDA numbers before 2018.
How much funding has Assistance Listing 15.656 awarded?
234 grant awards under 15.656 have obligated $13,325,947 in federal funds to 24 recipients.
Who receives the most funding from 15.656?
The recipients obligated the most under Recovery Act Funds - Habitat Enhancement, Restoration and Improvement. are City Of Easthampton ($577,570), Zoological Society Of San Diego ($569,293) and Dudek ($119,500).
Are there open grant opportunities under 15.656?
No opportunity listed under 15.656 is open now. The latest, Flying Squirrel Habitat and Compliance Tracking, was posted on July 23, 2015.
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